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Australian Retailers Face Margin Squeeze as 59% of Shoppers Shun Full Price
Australia Post data shows nearly half of consumers switch brands for discounts, pushing operators to overhaul operating costs and supply chains.
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Australian Retailers Face Margin Squeeze as 59% of Shoppers Shun Full Price
Australia Post data shows nearly half of consumers switch brands for discounts, pushing operators to overhaul operating costs and supply chains.
Wei ZhangLogistics
Australia Post Metro next day delivery service launches in Adelaide
Australia Post has just expanded its next-day delivery service, Australia Post Metro, to Adelaide. This delivery service provides eligible retailers and their customers with speed and more certainty when they shop online. The launch of the new service is a…
Sarah ChenLogistics
Australia Post stamps out gender pay gap, launches free delivery
Australia Post has stamped out its gender pay gap, bringing the company’s average pay difference between men and women to zero per cent. The reduction is an improvement on the company’s 1.4 per cent difference recorded in 2016 and is far below the national…
Rajiv MenonLogistics
Australia Post launches services hub
Australia Post is looking to draw a line under concerns that retailers are finding it increasingly hard to compete with the scale of global competitors, announcing a partnership with fintech company AlphaPaymentsCloud that promises to bring traders an…
Minjun ParkLogistics
Australia Post appoints new MD and group CEO
Ex-Blackmores chief, Christina Holgate, has today been announced as the new chief of Australia Post effective from October, after a ‘global search that identified her as the outstanding candidate’ to lead the company in its transformation program. Holgate…
Minjun ParkE-Tailing
JD.com launches Australian Mall
Chinese language eCommerce gaint JD.com has launched an Australian Mall platform to convey “genuine, imported merchandise” to China. The Nasdaq-listed e-tailer says the brand new ‘mall’ might be a brand new channel on its JD Worldwide cross-border platform.…
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